Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
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Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (September 21, 1812 - October 1, 1841) was the wife of Duke Alexander of Württemberg. Her son, Francis, Duke of Teck was the father of Mary of Teck, Queen consort to George V of the United Kingdom.
She was born in Erdőszentgyörgy, Transylvania (then part of Hungary) to Count Rhédy von Kis-Rhéde and his wife Baroness Ágnes Inczédy von Nagy-Várad. At birth she was styled as Countess Claudine Rhédy von Kis-Rhéde.
In 1835, she married Duke Alexander of Württemberg, the son of Duke Louis of Württemberg, younger brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. Due to her non-royal rank, the marriage was morganatic and she was denied the title of Duchess. However she was later created Countess of Hohenstein.
Together Duke Alexander and the Countess of Hohenstein had three children:
- Princess Claudine of Teck (1836 - 1894)
- Prince Francis of Teck, later 1st Duke of Teck (1837- 1900)
- Princess Amelie of Teck (1838 - 1893)
All children were initially styled as Count or Countess of Hohenstein, taking their titles from their mother. However in 1863, the children were created Prince or Princess of Teck, with the style Serene Highness in the Kingdom of Württemberg.
Prince Francis of Teck was later created Duke of Teck. He married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of King George III and became a member of the British Royal Family. His only daughter Mary of Teck married Prince George, Duke of York in 1892, becoming Queen Mary on her husband's accession to the throne in 1910. The current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II is Mary's grandaughter, and thus Claudine's great-great-granddaughter.
Claudine died in Austria in 1841 after being thrown from a horse.
